| Item Code : GC0544 | Battle of Britain, Manston, 12th August 1940 by Gerald Coulson. - This Edition | Buy 1 Get 1 Half Price! |
| TYPE | EDITION DETAILS | SIZE | SIGNATURES | OFFERS | YOUR PRICE | PURCHASING | PRINT | Signed limited edition of 500 prints.
Published in 2000 to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain. We have the last 14 copies of this sold out edition. | Image size 27 inches x 18 inches (69cm x 46cm) | Glaser, E D + Artist : Gerald Coulson
Signature(s) value alone : £65 | £60 Off! | Now : £160.00 |
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Other editions of this item : | Battle of Britain, Manston, 12th August 1940 by Gerald Coulson. | GC0544 |
| TYPE | EDITION DETAILS | SIZE | SIGNATURES | OFFERS | YOUR PRICE | PURCHASING | SLIGHT BORDER DAMAGE | Signed limited edition of 500 prints.
The print has slight damage to the border area, mostly on a corner. Not noticeable once framed. | Image size 27 inches x 18 inches (69cm x 46cm) | Glaser, E D + Artist : Gerald Coulson
Signature(s) value alone : £65 | | £130.00 | VIEW EDITION... | EX-DISPLAY PRINT | **Signed limited edition of 500 prints. (One copy reduced to clear)
Ex-display prints with damage to the border. | Image size 27 inches x 18 inches (69cm x 46cm) | Glaser, E D + Artist : Gerald Coulson
Signature(s) value alone : £65 | £115 Off! | Now : £105.00 Better Than Half Price! | VIEW EDITION... |
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Extra Details : Battle of Britain, Manston, 12th August 1940 by Gerald Coulson. | About all editions : | Detail Images :
E D Glaser signing the prints :
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Signatures on this item | *The value given for each signature has been calculated by us based on the historical significance and rarity of the signature. Values of many pilot signatures have risen in recent years and will likely continue to rise as they become more and more rare. | Name | Info |
Sqn Ldr E D Glaser (deceased) *Signature Value : £65
| Ernest Derek Glaser, born 20th April 1921, was accepted for flight training in April 1939, following in his fathers footsteps, who had been a pilot in the Royal Flying Corps during the first world war. He joined No.65 Squadron at Hornchurch on 15th July 1940 as the Battle of Britain got underway. He became No.2 to his boyhood hero Jeffrey Quill. He was mistakenly shot down by a Royal Navy destroyer over the English Channel near Plymouth. After the Battle of Britain, Glaser joined No.53 OTU before subsequently joining No.243 Squadron. By 1943, he had been posted to Darwin in Australia, commanding No.549 Squadron. then No.548 Squadron until the end of the war. E D Glaser died aged 80 in November 2001.
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The Aircraft : | Name | Info | Spitfire | Royal Air Force fighter aircraft, maximum speed for mark I Supermarine Spitfire, 362mph up to The Seafire 47 with a top speed of 452mph. maximum ceiling for Mk I 34,000feet up to 44,500 for the mark XIV. Maximum range for MK I 575 miles . up to 1475 miles for the Seafire 47. Armament for the various Marks of Spitfire. for MK I, and II . eight fixed .303 browning Machine guns, for MKs V-IX and XVI two 20mm Hispano cannons and four .303 browning machine guns. and on later Marks, six to eight Rockets under the wings or a maximum bomb load of 1,000 lbs. Designed by R J Mitchell, The proto type Spitfire first flew on the 5th March 1936. and entered service with the Royal Air Force in August 1938, with 19 squadron based and RAF Duxford. by the outbreak of World war two, there were twelve squadrons with a total of 187 spitfires, with another 83 in store. Between 1939 and 1945, a large variety of modifications and developments produced a variety of MK,s from I to XVI. The mark II came into service in late 1940, and in March 1941, the Mk,V came into service. To counter the Improvements in fighters of the Luftwaffe especially the FW190, the MK,XII was introduced with its Griffin engine. The Fleet Air Arm used the Mk,I and II and were named Seafires. By the end of production in 1948 a total of 20,351 spitfires had been made and 2408 Seafires. The most produced variant was the Spitfire Mark V, with a total of 6479 spitfires produced. The Royal Air Force kept Spitfires in front line use until April 1954. |
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